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Show WHY THERMOMETERS CAUSE DISPUTES The nfflrlii) tmptr:iHirr ri ordr "I 'In-lO-'tl KimIImt IxiriMM iue tM-rii uhjo't' ! to severe ,rltU-ni by foire tf the n m detilr of thr rliy durlnc lb' "t thrre idnr. The temperature- reported did not isiri't:siond with the fifHiija uf nauv p-o. i pit; hikI with the pilMttu tlic; inoiueieia uf I inniiy more. It in nil1 lr rrinemlr-rrd llwt tho weather bureiiu puiillHhra ontv the teniperatnro as I rrt-onlril hv the Instruments on the top of thr Motttou building, uhi-le Its offl 'ial ob-nerv.ilry ob-nerv.ilry lr lorttted. Thesf InrtriiineMir iiave lteen trrtril a ml rorre1ed to rororil the tcniprruture at that Kltt only, and It lr mure Hirii likely that many tinM-r-tiluies observed by tlioae 1n dltfrrcnt puKs f the elty ere accurate for Uiose (artie-ular (artie-ular points, fmt to have them sbeolut y orriM't the t her mo in i' ter a should rrd be fastened to the rlle rf u building liir where the run can shine on them. To he i properly repotted the thermometer Irhould be placed out of the stinshliia simI I where thr air can clrvulnte freely, and not too near the hourr. beeauee the rudt-atiun rudt-atiun from the housn will oauae It to rt-g-trier hiKlier tbuu the actual tcmneruturo of the air. Tho temperatures In the more drnro parts of the city are liable to be liighor limn thoo In the outrklrts for two ren-sons. ren-sons. Kim I, in the denae portion the houses are clore together and certain business hlurkn where more eon! Is roii-miiuimJ roii-miiuimJ whleh pnlu;es an artlfbtnl mate thut will be warmer than lu the outlying out-lying dlrlrlfta. Keeond. In nulet wathrr there Is more sniuke In thr downtown dla-trh-ts which forma a blanket of base and prti vents radiation. |